EZU News and Press, iShares MSCI EMU ETF From 05/22/19

There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late - Bob Dylan I am standing on the Watchtower now. I am peering intently at the European election, w...

Posted by Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist on May 20, 2019, in Market & Economic It seems that so much happens in a given week these days. However, this week could be particularly momentous as we start to get answers on some key questions that have implications...

It’s been almost three years since the original Brexit referendum passed in a vote that stunned Europe. The British people voted to get out of the European Union, and we’re still waiting for it to happen nearly three years later. At the time of the vote, headlines were blaring Ar...

Based on several metrics, Europe is more attractive than the U.S. Since fund managers are underweight the U.K. and EU relative to historical standards, I have started to think about moving some more money to Europe. ( Source ) EU valuations vs. long-term averages are still quite attr...

In late March, as global pessimism was renewed in the world's bond markets, ECB President Mario Draghi appeared as he always does to urge optimism. Yes, Europe's economy in particular didn't finish 2018 as he had been expecting. But a soft patch, Draghi said, wouldn't necessarily " foreshadow ...

Elga explains why politics pose the biggest risk to our base case that European growth should rebound in the second half of this year - and why the European Central Bank's perceived lack of policy options is also a concern. We expect eurozone growth to pick up in the second half of this ye...

With growing uncertainty ahead, Chris discusses ways to navigate markets as summer approaches. “Sell in May and go away” is an old maxim for investors. Evidence is mixed on its validity, but given this year’s rally, the temptation now is understandable, particularly ...

Fog in the Channel - Europe isolated So goes an English BBC radio news statement in the 1930s - during the fading days of the British Empire - that showed the disdain the grand elites of Britain towards the minor beings living on the European mainland who had never enjoyed the superior way...

(Source: AZ Quotes , caption and editing by the Author, sagacity by T.S. Eliot) The true state, of what was referred to as "rotten" in the Eurozone, has become clear as elections for the top jobs commence. European Council President Donald Tusk, a Polish native, made it clear that Fra...

I have had the good fortune to be around here for 45 years now. I think I must be approaching some sort of record. It has been a wonderful adventure. Sure, there have been some tough moments, and some mistakes, but then Wall Street is a "learn as you go" enterprise. There is nothing, and I mea...